{"id":1185,"date":"2025-07-03T09:12:58","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T09:12:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digital-brilliance.org\/wordpress_V\/?page_id=1185"},"modified":"2026-06-06T08:49:52","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T08:49:52","slug":"don-karrs-solomonic-magic-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/digital-brilliance.com\/wp\/don-karrs-solomonic-magic-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Don Karr&#8217;s Solomonic Magic"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">Don Karr&#8217;s Solomonic Magic<\/h2>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"735\" height=\"547\" src=\"https:\/\/digital-brilliance.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/SolMagTitle.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-756\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digital-brilliance.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/SolMagTitle.jpg 735w, https:\/\/digital-brilliance.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/SolMagTitle-300x223.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 735px) 100vw, 735px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Liber Salomonis: Cephar Raziel<\/em>, British Library Sloane MS 3826 2<sup>r<\/sup>-57<sup>r <\/sup>(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.digital-brilliance.com\/contributed\/Karr\/Solomon\/LibSal.pdf\">PDF<\/a>)<br>Transcribed, annotated and introduced by Don Karr<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Selections from British Library Sloane MS 3826 57<sup>r<\/sup>-88<sup>v <\/sup>(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.digital-brilliance.com\/contributed\/Karr\/Solomon\/57-83.pdf\">PDF<\/a>)<br>Containing <em>Names<\/em> (<em>ff <\/em>57<sup>R<\/sup>-57<sup>V<\/sup>);\u00a0 <em>Incipit Canon<\/em>:The rule of the book of consecration, or the manner of working (<em>ff <\/em>58<sup>R<\/sup>-60<sup>R<\/sup>); <em>Orisons<\/em> (<em>ff<\/em> 60<sup>R<\/sup>-65<sup>R<\/sup>); <em>Magical directions<\/em> (<em>ff <\/em>65<sup>R<\/sup>-83<sup>V<\/sup>). Transcribed, edited and introduced by Don Karr<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Liber Lunae<\/em> and other Selections from British Library Sloane MS 3826 84<sup>r<\/sup>-99<sup>v <\/sup>(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.digital-brilliance.com\/contributed\/Karr\/Solomon\/LibLun.pdf\">PDF<\/a>)<br>Containing <em>Liber Lunae<\/em>;\u00a0 <em>Raxhael<\/em>; <em>The Call of Bilgal<\/em>. Transcribed and introduced by Don Karr.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Selections from British Library Sloane MS 3826 98r-101r (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.digital-brilliance.com\/contributed\/Karr\/Solomon\/98-101.pdf\">PDF<\/a>)<br>Containing <em>Raphael<\/em>, <em>The Call of Bilgal<\/em>, <em>An Experiment for a Fairy<\/em>, <em>Beleemus De imaginabus<\/em>. Transcribed\/edited by Don Karr.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Study of Solomonic Magic in English by Don Karr (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.digital-brilliance.com\/contributed\/Karr\/Biblios\/tssmie.pdf\">PDF<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">general introduction to 3826 [Don Karr 2007]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">British Library MS Sloane 3826 is an English translation of a magical collection, likely compiled under the direction of Alfonso X (13<sup>th<\/sup> century). In spite of the first section\u2019s referring to itself as \u201cCephar Raziel,\u201d the texts gathered in 3826 are more akin to the Christian grimoires known as the \u201cSolomonic cycle\u201d (<em>e.g.<\/em>, the <em>Key of Solomon<\/em>, the <em>Sworn Book of Honorius<\/em>) than to <em>Sefer Raziel<\/em>, the medieval compendium of Jewish folk magic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While there is a preponderance of Jewish elements, there is next to nothing of <em>kabbalah<\/em> in 3826, which is representative of the medieval Christian grimoire tradition, which did borrow bits from <em>kabbalah<\/em>, albeit in corrupt\u2014if not purposely altered\u2014form. In our text, even knowledge of basic Hebrew is lacking: on pages 26<sup>r<\/sup>-26<sup>v<\/sup>, Raziel is said to have \u201cputt in this booke 22 elements of great vertue that is 22 letters or figures w<sup>ch<\/sup> the sonnes of Adam might not excuse.\u201d The reference here is to the 22 letters of the Hebrew alphabet; however, the letter <em>peh <\/em>is given twice, whereas the letter <em>shin<\/em> is not given at all.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Page updated 6th June 2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Liber Salomonis: Cephar Raziel, British Library Sloane MS 3826 2r-57r (PDF)Transcribed, annotated and introduced by Don Karr Selections from British Library Sloane MS 3826 57r-88v (PDF)Containing Names (ff 57R-57V);\u00a0 Incipit Canon:The rule of the book of consecration, or the manner of working (ff 58R-60R); Orisons (ff 60R-65R); Magical directions (ff 65R-83V). 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